Nico ORIG DUT LP Drama of exile VG+ '81 Aura AUL715 Velvet Underground Art Rock
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Nico ORIG DUT LP Drama of exile VG+ '81 Aura AUL715 Velvet Underground Art Rock
Original DUT LP released in 1981 on Aura Records. Cat: AUL715.
It was a shock at the time and today, the thrill still lingers. Almost 15 years after she quit the Velvet Underground, and with four stunningly stubborn solo albums under her belt, Nico was finally ready to return to rock & roll, with a conventional band and a clutch of great songs which proved that, whatever else she'd lost during a career spent on the bleakest fringe of the idiom, the arts of composition and interpretation were not part of it. As a member of the Velvets, she'd performed two songs, the stately "All Tomorrow's Parties" and the fragile "Femme Fatale." Now she added a third to her bow, a relentless "Waiting for the Man" which took its lead from composer Lou Reed's own recent revisions of the song but never lost sight of the trademark primitivism which gave it its original power that's not Maureen Tucker on drums, but close your eyes and it could be. Elsewhere, David Bowie's "Heroes" was given an almost militaristic going over, the chopping guitars, rolling drums, and a triumphant Davey Payne sax solo conspiring to prove that while Bowie had written about what he saw in Berlin, Nico sang of what she knew. It was stirring stuff and, again, all the more surprising for who was behind it. Nico reveled in the confusion.
Tracks : Genghis khan/ Purple lips/ One more chance/ Henry Hudson/ Waiting for the man/ Sixty forty/ The sphinx/ Orly flight/ Heroes.
There are a few very light spindle marks on labels. Record has some light scuff marks and very light scratches that cause some light crackles in parts and is in VG+ condition. Cover has a few light marks and tiny surface tears around edges and is in Excellent condition.
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